Accelerating device for automobiles.



w. G. DEIBLB. AOOELERATING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBlLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21.1914.

Patented Mar. 16. 1915 5) M ucmtoz 1isa -parto WALTER G. DEIBLE, OF BARBERTON, O'FIIQ.

ACCELERATING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed May 21, 1914. Serial No. 840,115.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER GJDEIBLE, citizen of the United States, residing at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Accelerating Devices for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in automobiles and more particularly to accelcrating devices for the motors thereof.

Accelerators now in use on automobiles are operated by pivoted foot levers and when in use, the operator must press downwardly on the foot-piece to keep it in its opened position. This keeps his foot in a more or less cramped position and furthermore in passing over rough roads there is a tendency of the jolting of the machine to make the operation of this foot piece or lever very unsteady. V

It is the primary object of my invention to overcome these objectionable features and to provide a simple, practical and inexpensive acceleratin device which may be readily applied to rd and other automobiles now on the market at very little expense and without disfiguring them or interfering with the operation of the usual parts of such machines.

.VVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:.Figure fplan view of a portion of the front a Fordautomobile illustrating the application of my invention thereto, the hood and the floor being removed; Fig. 2 is a perspcctive'view of the sliding foot piece; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the arm which is clamped to the operating lever on the carburetor; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the connection between the throttle lever shaft and the link which is connected to the operating lever on the carbureter.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a ortion of the chassis or frame of the mac ine, 2 the motor, 3 the radiator, 4 the dash-board, 5 the steering post, 6 the throttle lever shaft, and 7 the carbureter having an operating lever 8 pivoted at 9. On the shaft 6 is fixed an arm 10 having at its extremity an eye 11 through an arm 14 which is adjustably secured in position by a U-shaped clamping bolt 15 which straddles the lever s as will be readily understood on referring to Figs. 1 and 3. Pivotal'ly connected to the outer end of the arm 14 is alink 16 having its other end piv oted to one arm of a bell crank lever 17 fulcrumed at its angle on a pivot 18 carried by a clamp 19 which is applied to a portion of the frame 1 in any suitable manner. The bell crank 17 is disposed in a horizontal plane and its other arm is pivotally connected to an operating rod 20 arranged to slide transversely of themachine and preferably disposed beneath the dash-board to slide in a suitable bearing 21 attached to a portion of the motor casing or any other suitable part of the machine. As illustrated, the sliding rod or member 20 has on its inner end a right angularly disposed and upwardly projecting foot piece 22 which works through a transverse slot formed in the foot board or floor of the automobile,

and such foot piece is so positioned that it is Within convenient reach of the foot of the operator and can be actuated by a lateral or sidewise movement of the foot. The other or outer end of the rod 20 is bent down- Wardly to form a pivot 23 which after being passed through the pivot opening in the bell crank 17 has its end upset as will be understood on referring to Fig. 2. p

The parts are held in their normal posi tion by a spring, such for instance as the coil spring 24: shown in Fig. 1 as having one end attached to one arm of the bell crank and. its other end suitably attached to the frame 1. This spring holds the parts in the normal or inoperative position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 and when the operator desires to accelerate the motor without changing the position of the throttle lever, all he need do is to move the foot piece 22 to its dotted line position in said figure by a sidewise or lateral movement of the foot. This movement of the operating members causes the rod 12 to slide through the eye 11 but when the throttle lever is actuated, the eye 11 engages the stop 13 to move the link or rod 12 so that the lever 8 Will be actuated,

It will be noted that in the use of the invention, the operator may rest his feet comfortably on the floor of the machine and when the accelerator foot piece 21 is actuated, it may be held in such position Without the foot being in any strained or cramped position and there Will be no tendency of jolting of the machine to change the position of the parts.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention,

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

1. The combination With "the throttle lever mechanism of an automobile, of an accelerating mechanism movable independently of the same and including a lever, a spring for maintaining the lever in normal position, a tubular guide-and bearing member arranged beneath. the floor of the automobile and extending horizontally and crosswise of the automobile, an operating rod extending horizontally and crosswise of the automobile and arranged for sliding movement in said tubular guide and bearing member, one end of said rod being pivotally connected to said lever, a foot piece extending upwardly from the other end of said rod and passing above the door of the machine and disposed in position to be moved horizontally and transversely of the automobile by the lateral movement of the foot of the operator, sub stantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

The combination With an automobile throttle lever shaft having an arm carrying an eye, a carburetor having an operating lever, a link pivoted to said lever and passed loosely through said eye to slide therein, the free extremity of said link having a laterally projecting stop to coact with eye, of means movable independently of the throttle lever shaft for actuating the lever of the can bureter comprising an arm clamped on the carbureter lever between its pivot and said link, a foot piece slidable horizontally and transversely of the longitudinal axis of the automobile, and operative connections bet een said foot piece and the lastinentioned arm.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in. presence of two Witnesses.

vVALTER G. DEIBLE. Vitnesses:

Enw. J. STUHLDERHER, A F. STUHLDERHER. 

